Spa Control vs Hot Spring® Spas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spa Control
Control your portable hot tub's lighting, water temperature, and massage pumps remotely via WiFi. Adjust your spa settings from your iPhone or iPad before you even get in.
- Remote spa control
- Adjust lighting
- Control water temperature
- Manage massage pumps
- WiFi connectivity
- iPhone/iPad compatible
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Set the mood of your spa by ensuring your have the right lighting, water temperature, and your massage pumps running just like you like, all from the convenience of your iPhone® or iPad®. Remotely control the operations of your portable hot tub via a local WiFi connection prior to you entering your spa. Spa Hardware Requirements Balboa BP Series Spa Control Pack bwa™ Wi-Fi module (Part Number: 50350) Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.balboawater.com/privacy-policy/
Hot Spring® Spas
This app allows users to remotely control and monitor their hot tub's features, including water chemistry, lighting, temperature, and jet settings. It also provides access to an AI-powered support assistant and energy-saving modes.
- Monitor water chemistry (pH, chlorine, salt)
- Trigger water care dosing
- Adjust lighting, temperature, and jet strength
- Activate Clean Cycle or Energy Saving Mode
- Manage multiple spa locations
- AI-powered support assistant
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Introducing the Reimagined Hot Spring® Spas App Total Control. Total Freedom. Enhance your FreshWater IQ experience with the Hot Spring Spas app, your digital spa companion that keeps you connected to your hot tub, wherever you are. With the app, you can: • Monitor pH, chlorine, and salt levels • Trigger water care dosing from your phone • Adjust lighting, temperature, and jet strength • Activate Clean Cycle or Energy Saving Mode • Manage a spa at a second home or rental property • Chat with your AI-powered support assistant—24/7 The Hot Spring Spas app is powered by the newly released Connected Spa Kit 2, a dealer-installed option available on all Highlife® and Limelight® Collection spas from 2024 onward, and Hot Spot® Collection spas from 2025 onward. Connected Spa Kit 2 delivers enhanced functionality and improved usability compared to the original Connected Spa Kit, which operates with the Hot Spring Spas Legacy app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hot Spring® Spas at none against Spa Control's 10. Hot Spring® Spas also leads on review sentiment (29% vs 11%) and rating (2.9 vs 2.7). Spa Control's advantage is ratings volume (626 vs 10) and iOS requirement (16 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Spa Control sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Hot Spring® Spas asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hot Spring® Spas holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spa Control has 626 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Spa Control's written reviews are positive against 29% of Hot Spring® Spas's.
Spa Control ships an update every 2 months, Hot Spring® Spas every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spa Control | Hot Spring® Spas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (626 ratings) | 2.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.8% of reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 626 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Balboa Water Group | Watkins Manufacturing Corporation |
Customer experience
Spa Control
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In-app purchases
Spa Control
- Cloud Mode – Monthly$2.491 Month
- Cloud Mode – Monthly1 Year trial$2.491 Month
- Cloud Mode – Monthly1 Month trial$2.491 Month
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- Cloud Mode – Monthly6 Months trial$2.491 Month
- Cloud Mode – Monthly3 Months trial$2.491 Month
- Cloud Mode – Yearly$24.991 Year
- Cloud Mode – Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year
- Cloud Mode – Yearly1 Year trial$24.991 Year
- Cloud Mode – Yearly3 Months trial$24.991 Year
- Cloud Mode – Yearly6 Months trial$24.991 Year
Hot Spring® Spas
No in-app purchases
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